TENNIS PLAYER

Shirley Fry

1927 - 2021

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Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 doubles titles, and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Fry is the 40th most popular tennis player (up from 246th in 2019), the 2,218th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,515th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Shirley Fry ranks 40 out of 1,569. Before her are Ann Jones, Venus Williams, Gabriela Sabatini, Bill Tilden, Stefan Edberg, and Pete Sampras. After her are Serena Williams, Don Budge, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Jaroslav Drobný, Jean Borotra, and Max Decugis.

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Among people born in 1927, Shirley Fry ranks 99. Before her are Narciso Yepes, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Claude Gensac, Hans Schäfer, Robert N. Bellah, and Franciszek Macharski. After her are Lois Maxwell, Jerry Stiller, Eartha Kitt, Paul Badura-Skoda, Pierre Alechinsky, and Thomas Luckmann. Among people deceased in 2021, Shirley Fry ranks 111. Before her are Norodom Ranariddh, Tamara Press, Hannu Mikkola, Sheldon Adelson, Dündar Ali Osman, and Libuše Šafránková. After her are El Risitas, Didier Ratsiraka, Franco Battiato, Djivan Gasparyan, Dušan Ivković, and Thomas Cavalier-Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Fry ranks 2,218 out of 20,380. Before her are Busta Rhymes (1972), Michael Rooker (1955), Vera Miles (1929), Julia Child (1912), Nathan Rosen (1909), and Wes Anderson (1969). After her are Erich Segal (1937), Serena Williams (1981), Jennifer Garner (1972), John List (1925), Betty Friedan (1921), and Robert F. Engle (1942).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Shirley Fry ranks 11. Before her are Stan Smith (1946), Chris Evert (1954), Arthur Ashe (1943), Venus Williams (1980), Bill Tilden (1893), and Pete Sampras (1971). After her are Serena Williams (1981), Don Budge (1915), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Rosemary Casals (1948), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), and Doris Hart (1925).

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